JayMan
Whoot
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join:2002-06-05
Earth | Election - Oct 14th - Plans?
So an election was called today.
What are the plans people? |
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shopkins
join:2008-05-23
Nepean, ON
 ·TekSavvy Solutions..
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| I will send an email and ask each of the candidates in my riding their stance on bill c-61 and net neutrality.
I support a free market but do not support pretend free markets.
Oh and a bunch of other things too  |
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JayMan
Whoot
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join:2002-06-05
Earth | reply to JayMan
Only problem is bill c-61 is dead and if it was to come back it most likely wouldn't be the same bill as before. |
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timc
join:2008-04-21 | reply to JayMan
I think I'll be voting based on my level of post-Thanksgiving indigestion. Other than that, none of the options are appetizing. I'm looking forward to turkey sandwiches. |
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milnoc
join:2001-03-05
H2Z
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I'll vote for the party that gives me the most money before the election. Because there's a very good chance they'll give me squat AFTER the election! 
Hmmm. Maybe I should auction off my vote on Ebay.  |
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tertech
join:2008-04-12
Ottawa, ON | reply to JayMan
Stay home.
Then no matter which party gets elected, when they screw up - and inevitably they will - I can honestly say "I didn't vote for them!"  |
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anon149
@vaxination.ca
| Short of Harper announcing he is pregnant with Donald Rumsfeld's child, it is pretty much a given that Reform will win. At least George W Harper didn't set the election date to November 4th to make Canada more like his home country down south.
This election is about who will be the official opposition and whether the NDP will have more seats than the Liberals. The Bloc will have s sweep of Quebec except for a couple of anglo ridings. The Bloc was once official opposition, so mathematically, they could again be official opposition. |
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mlerner
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join:2000-11-25
Nepean, ON
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said by tertech  :Stay home. Then no matter which party gets elected, when they screw up - and inevitably they will - I can honestly say "I didn't vote for them!" ^ agreed. |
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shopkins
join:2008-05-23
Nepean, ON
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·Bell Sympatico
| reply to JayMan
said by JayMan :Only problem is bill c-61 is dead and if it was to come back it most likely wouldn't be the same bill as before. Quite possibly, but their answer will tell me which way they are leaning. |
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eots
join:2003-02-04
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said by mlerner :said by tertech :Stay home. Then no matter which party gets elected, when they screw up - and inevitably they will - I can honestly say "I didn't vote for them!" ^ agreed. Voter apathy is the reason we got stuck with Harper in the first place! |
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mlerner
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Nepean, ON
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| said by eots :said by mlerner :said by tertech :Stay home. Then no matter which party gets elected, when they screw up - and inevitably they will - I can honestly say "I didn't vote for them!" ^ agreed. Voter apathy is the reason we got stuck with Harper in the first place! So what if everyone voted for another party and the end result was even worse? It's a no win either way. |
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shopkins
join:2008-05-23
Nepean, ON
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said by eots :Voter apathy is the reason we got stuck with Harper in the first place! Voter apathy is the reason that we have been stuck with many governments.
It is my opinion that if you choose to not vote due to (1) ignorance (2) intentional absence or (3) spite (and probably a bunch of other reasons) you have no rights as a potential voter to complain about what government has been elected nor their policies and actions.
Whether strategic or not this is not a dictatorship. You do get to make a choice so use it ! |
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AOD
join:2008-01-24
Toronto, ON
| said by shopkins :said by eots :Voter apathy is the reason we got stuck with Harper in the first place! Voter apathy is the reason that we have been stuck with many governments. It is my opinion that if you choose to not vote due to (1) ignorance (2) intentional absence or (3) spite (and probably a bunch of other reasons) you have no rights as a potential voter to complain about what government has been elected nor their policies and actions. Whether strategic or not this is not a dictatorship. You do get to make a choice so use it ! True not to say anything to pee someone off but i do agree with shopkins in other countries people die just to get the right to vote. at least people can do in Canada is actually use their right to vote |
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tertech
join:2008-04-12
Ottawa, ON
edit:
September 7th, @09:13PM
| Hey guys, sorry, I was just being sarcastic!
Remember back when everyone was sick of Chretien? Nobody would ever admit they voted for him - yet somehow he had a majority.
I will definitely go vote. Right now I'm not sure who I'll vote for, and wouldn't say here even if I were. With this short campaign, it doesn't really leave a whole lot of time to look over the party platforms. Still, that's better than the Americans who've been fighting one another over the last year or more. |
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anon149
@vaxination.ca
| Just remember that the Liberal party couldn't even get a policy on net neutrality. So they essentially support Reform/Republcan policy.
And the idiot Dion forgot to make a downpayment to lease an aircraft for the campaign and are now stuck with the most polluting aircraft left, a old 737-200. Gret for the boring guy who pretends to focus so much on the environment.
Every vote for the liberals will make it harder for the liberals to wake up and kick that boring civil servant out and select a real leader. |
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Guspaz
Guspaz
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join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC
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I'll point out that the NDP was the only party to actively push net neutrality and fully support the cause...
The NDP's first MP in Quebec in a long time was also elected in the riding next to mine, so I'm hopeful that our local NDP candidate will at least come in a strong second, if not first. |
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bgw
join:2008-06-28
North York, ON
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Just remember if the Conservatives get a majority they will probably bring in a Copyright bill much worse than C-61! It will be a bill designed by and for big business and we'll all be screwed! As for throttling, if big business wants it that's the way it will be. Harpo will look after is friends - not you and I!
Unless Rocky is taking Harpo out for dinner and/or to the golf course regularly net neutrality and an open internet will be history. |
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GearHead360
join:2002-12-14
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September 7th, @10:39PM
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So bill C-61 is dead? 100% dead until a new bill is introduced?
Anyone know which group is most likely to have a more consumer oriented approach to Copyright legislature?
Among all the issues being disscussed in the election, I haven't heard ANYONE refer to copyright reform? why? |
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morisato
join:2008-03-16 | i plan to vote for Whomever has the best chance to take harper down. Anything to get the Conservatives out. That said its most likely the Liberals. Which is sad since dion is Horrible.. but Can he be worse than harper hrmm... |
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andyb
Premium
join:2003-05-29
SW Ontario | reply to JayMan
I'm going at the last minute and will do my damnest to make sure it's not a majority.I dont like any party(like my local thou but we dont have that option)and see nothing good on the horizon either. |
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